<p>What up?</p>
<p>This is sort of annoying haha...</p>
<p>I guess I'm happy to be wait listed and not rejected. I think I'm choosing between Brown and Berkeley at this point. I love Duke and chose to stay on the list, but really, what are the chances of wait listing working out?</p>
<p>Anyone else frustrated? grrrr... haha</p>
<p>I’m not just frustrated. I’m desperate.</p>
<p>Duke has always been my dream school, and it broke my heart not seeing the ‘congratulations’ after the series of Ivy rejections. And unlike you (OP), I did not get into a single school of Duke’s caliber. My choices right now are only Boston College Honors and McGill. At this moment and for the following two months, nothing would make me happier than a call from Duke’s admission office.</p>
<p>Duke waiting list is kind of bleh, but I was actually relieved. My test scores were extremely low and my GPA is average at best.</p>
<p>Emory and UNC are the closest schools to Duke for me. I hope I get off the waitlist!!!</p>
<p>mathematicism: as much as I hate to say it, given the size of past year’s waitlists, it’s really just a thinly disguised attempt at yield protection in many respects. So if you really will drop everything and attend Duke, even if they call the day before classes start, then the only thing you can do is to write a letter of intent and let admissions know that if they admit you, no matter how late, you will definitely go. This is by no means a surefire way to get in. The waitlist is probably huge and the chances slim, but it’s about the only thing you can do at this point.</p>
<p>@SBR:</p>
<p>Thank you for your suggestion. I’m on that right now.</p>
<p>I feel like I’m in the exact same situation as you guys, except I don’t have the caliber of back-up schools that you do. That’s what kills me.</p>
<p>My only choices are UNC and University of Alabama (with the NMF full ride), but I REALLY don’t want to go to either school. I have wanted to go to Duke for the longest time, and (not to sound arrogant) everyone expected me to get in. I’m really at a loss for what to do now.</p>
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<p>FWIW, this year’s waitlist at about 2,300 student is smaller than last year’s list by about a thousand; although 2,300 is still a large number. Duke wants to enroll a class of 1,705, down from last year’s large class of 1,750. Although this might suggest fewer people will be admitted off the waitlist, Duke also accepted fewer students this time around, so who knows really.</p>
<p>[3,739</a> offered spots in Class of 2015 | The Chronicle](<a href=“http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/3739-offered-spots-class-2015]3,739”>3,739 offered spots in Class of 2015 - The Chronicle)</p>
<p>@bluedog Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>By the way, does anyone know what Duke’s initial yield was for Class of 2014?</p>
<p>@mathematicism</p>
<p>The Chronicle reported that it was “near 42%”. For the class of 2013, it was 41.5%. </p>
<p>[Admissions</a> yield remains near 42% | The Chronicle](<a href=“http://dukechronicle.com/article/admissions-yield-remains-near-42]Admissions”>Admissions yield remains near 42% - The Chronicle)</p>
<p>Dean Guttentag has said he is hoping for a yield in the “mid-40s” this year.</p>
<p>@lutherjw</p>
<p>Thanks for the link! If I did my math correctly, we’d stand a really good shot at being taken off the waitlist if the yield remains in the range of 42-43% given the smaller waitlist. If it actually rises to the ‘mid-40s’, such as 45-46%, however, then the chance of us being admitted is slim to none.</p>
<p>I’ll be at U of Rochester next year if I don’t get off one of my waitlists so I’m in the same position as alot of you guys. Definitely wish I’d applied to more schools (but I can always transfer…). Duke is definitely number one. I wrote a two page letter essentially saying why duke is a good fit for me and why I should be taken off the waitlist. I’m pretty proud of it and I definitely think its convincing, but only time will tell…Hope to see you guys next year on campus!</p>